Inside Higher Ed reported this morning that a web-based company has stopped selling the content of faculty papers that had been sold online without the authors’ knowing consent. “It might have been […]
Category: miscellaneous
Sinatra stamp
As reported by the Associated Press via the Chicago Tribune, a postage stamp honoring Frank Sinatra goes on sale next week. This coincides with the ten-year anniversary of his death […]
Good information to have
Less than a decade ago I was handling publicity for a small New York based record label that would bring its recent signings to town for club performances. One day the label […]
Who paid for that conference panelist to attend?
Inside Higher Ed published a story this morning about a company that might pay professors’ travel expenses to academic conferences to promote its product. “The company sent out an e-mail message this week to professors at colleges that […]
Fun science news
If this blog stops publishing this summer, yesterday’s Los Angeles Times might have the explanation. “Europe’s enormous $8-billion particle accelerator, to be activated as early as this summer, is generating both excitement […]
We did it!!!!!!
(Read in your best Stephen Colbert voice). We did it nation! 4,000 profile views!! Woo hooooooooooo!!! […]
University of Illinois Press at OAH by Kendra
The Organization of American Historians held its Annual Meeting in NYC this year, in midtown Manhattan at the Hilton New York. It was a good and busy meeting for us, with […]
Out of the blue
Yesterday we received word of two positive events: The New York Post requested Karen McNally’s When Frankie Went to Hollywood: Frank Sinatra and American Male Identity for an April review date and […]
Lipstick Jungle by Breanne
The giveaway table in our breakroom lately included a springtime assortment of goodies. Five shades of lipstick, shiny bags, and perfume samples tempted the cosmetics lover, while a cheerful pack […]
Happy Birthday Marian McPartland
Nat Hentoff celebrates Marian McPartland’s 90th birthday in today’s Wall Street Journal, and recounts anecdotes from her University of Illinois Press book Marian McPartland’s Jazz World: All in Good Time. […]
Where there's a WILL, there's …
On Monday evening, eight representatives from the Press volunteered for the central Illinois public broadcasting station‘s Festival 2008 fund drive. During the Spring drive, WILL has raised over $140,000 and […]
Scott Mutter (1944-2008)
Smile Politely reports on the recent death of University of Illinois Press author Scott Mutter. “An esteemed photographer and photomontage artist, he left a strong mark on the medium of […]